Trump's EPA Pick Says Something Unexpected About Climate Change

During his Senate confirmation hearing, Scott Pruitt said the climate is changing, which differs from what he's said on the subject in the past.

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Scott Pruitt is Donald Trump's pick to head the Environmental Protection Agency, and during Pruitt's confirmation hearing Wednesday, he didn't deny climate change exists. But that seems to differ from what he's said before.

"Science tells us that the climate is changing and that human activity in some manner impacts that change," Pruitt said. "The ability to measure with precision the degree and extent of that impact and what to do about it is subject to continuing debate and dialogue, and well, it should be."

In an opinion piece for the National Review last year, Pruitt argued the science behind global warming is a debate that's "far from settled."